GraemevsgrammesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Graeme is a name, grammes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Graeme” is a name and “grammes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,684
“Graeme” frequency rank
#8,860
“grammes” frequency rank
58544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Graeme grammes
Definition Prénom masculin anglais. Pluriel de gramme.

Letter map: Graeme vs grammes

Shared letters muted; letters that set Graeme and grammes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Graeme runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against grammes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Graeme
7 ch
grammes

Role in the sentence - Graeme and grammes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Graeme is aname and grammesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Graeme is recorded at frequency rank #49,684, classified as aname. grammes is at rank #8,860, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁam\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58544, this pair ranks #108,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Graeme vs grammes

Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "Graeme": -. Private to "grammes": s.

"Graeme" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "grammes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Graeme ← gareme · ggraeme · graeem · graemme · gramee · greame · grraeme · rgaeme
  • grammes ← garmmes · ggrammes · gramems · grames · grammess · grammse · grmames · grrammes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Graeme" for "grammes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Graeme" is a name and "grammes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Graeme" or "grammes" show up more?
"grammes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,860 in our French list, against #49,684 for "Graeme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Graeme" and "grammes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Graeme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "grammes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Graeme" and "grammes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gracie vs Graeme". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #108,456 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list